All the weird and quirky happenings, information, tips, festivals, events, and tip bits from people and cultures around the world
There’s a certain kind of grin that only riders know. The one that spreads across your face when you’re carving through a mountain pass, the bike just floating with you, your favourite song playing through your motorcycle helmet speakers. It’s not forced; it’s not planned. It just happens. If you […]
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We Took a Chance Riding Motorcycles Around the World, and it Changed Our Lives. I recently had a groovy chat with Neil from ADVRIDER.com and the podcast The Lowdown. We covered all sorts of ground—how we got into motorcycling, why we ditched the corporate grind, and how that leap of […]
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In a celebration of motorcycle overlanding, 20 authors share the surprises and all the natural drama of motorcycle travel in one book Open for correction, this must probably be a first for the adventure riding community on this scale of contribution. Sam Manicom a raconteur, mensch and exceptional literary artisan […]
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Everything motorcycle overlanding interview with Graeme Bell from Expedition Portal and Overland Journal Everyday interesting Q&A interview with the one and only Graeme Bell from A2AExpedition fame on behalf of Expedition Portal. How we started, the motivation, how to stay on the road, and all the challenges that go with […]
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Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos is a strange celebration of the dead, but with a happy, colourful, noisy vibrant affair.
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Gear article in Advrider.com first book publication The biggest motorcycle adventure riding forum in the world, Advrider.com has just published its first coffee table book. It is a massive compilation of the best motorbike travel stories since 2001. And value articles for gear and equipment, bikes, and everything else that is […]
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The best adventure dualsport motorcycle travel photos of 2020 all in one magazine It is a massive honour to be part of this exclusive edition of photos in the 53rd edition of UPSHIFT ONLINE magazine. Not just one photo, there are a few photos of Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia. To […]
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Fujifilm South Africa was so mind to host a short photo essay on our South America travels to date.It is a few assorted photographs of each country we have been to in South America the last 2 years.
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Images from each Central American country we visited on our way from the USA to South America.
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We chat to ADVROAD about life on the road. The good and bad and offer some tips and information about overlanding the world on a motorbike.
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Why and how did the Willys Jeep became so loved in Colombia? The first USA military WW2 Jeeps (M38 or CJ-2A models) arrived to Colombia in 1946 for military purposes as at the time the USA had a massive oversupply of the Jeeps. They were imported by the Colombian Ministry […]
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Images from each East Africa country we visited on our way from South Africa to Europe. Where else than in Africa can you kiss a Giraffe? Africa is an incredibly diverse continent with a lifetime worth of travel. These few images are from each country our journey took us through […]
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Ethiopian coffee ceremony – How coffee is brewed the original way If the new Hipsters can learn and adopt a ritual and impress us it would be the Ethiopian Coffee ceremony. You have not tasted coffee until you tasted it in the truest, purest way the Ethiopians serve it. How […]
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Coffee fix: Peruvian Style It took a few weeks of moaning, well strong words were used too, before we figured out how the coffee culture in Peru works. Arriving from neighbouring country, Ecuador and spending about 6 months in Colombia prior to that, the instant coffee given to us when […]
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This time around we were lucky to end up celebrating Dia de Los Muertos in Oaxaca, Mexico. It is a completely different vibe than St Miguel de Allende where we attended our first festival in 2015.
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In a small dusty road in the back of a tiny village 15km out side of Oaxaca city Mexico is a small artist workshop of Jacobo and Maria Angeles. While attending the Day of the Dead in Oaxaca city we visited this remarkable art workshop. They are producers of Zapotec […]
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Mexican Cowboys and Señoritas. This is not your average cowboy rodeo event. This photo essay captures the drama of the sport Charreria best described as traditional Mexican horsemanship. It’s a fast-paced sport packed with action and passion. According to some folk, Guadalajara has the oldest lienzo, (arena) and charro (cowboy) […]
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